This meeting is so important that we don't have an 8 a.m. service so that regular 8 o'clockers will come at 10 a.m. instead, and stay for the meeting.  After business is concluded, we'll enjoy a beautiful buffet lunch, catered by parishioner Connie Lindberg.  Those who have tasted Connie's cooking will know that's more than enough reason to stay!

I look forward to seeing you this Sunday: please try to join us.   

 

Robbie Boyd
Director of Administration 

All parishioners are invited to a drop-in pancake supper on Tuesday, March 4.  Shrove Tuesday is traditionally celebrated as a day to use up rich, fatty ingredients before the fasting season of Lent: with eggs, milk and sugar to use up, pancakes were a popular dish to make.

 

Volunteers will be serving up pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausages from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Parish Hall, please drop by and mark the end of Epiphany before we start Lent with Ash Wednesday the following day.  A donation of $5 per person ($15 max for families) is suggested.

 

Please note that there will be no supper on Ash Wednesday, March 5.

 

• At noon, we will gather at the Church for a traditional observance of the day, including the imposition of ashes and Holy Communion. 
• At 6 p.m., the Ash Wednesday liturgy will be incorporated into our regularly scheduled Eventide service, and will also include the imposition of ashes and Holy Communion.  In a break with the normal Wednesday evening schedule, there will be no dinner following Eventide on Ash Wednesday.  

Please join us at either noon or 6 p.m. as we enter into this most sacred season of Lent.  

A Newcomers Brunch will be held after the 10 a.m. service on Sunday March 2 in the Parish House Living Room.  There will be presenters on various aspects of our church life and a chance to get to know some more members of the parish, including the clergy.  

 

Please contact Sally Messerlian by email or at 805-455-6890 to RSVP so we know how many people to plan for.  We are glad you are here!

 

All Saints' Parish Socials have become legend for our church.  We've experienced amazing hospitality at a variety of homes and experienced first-hand God's blessings. 

Please join your All Saints family at the home of Padric and John Davis on March 14 from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m.  Please be sure to RSVP to [email protected]. Direction cards are available at the Information Table on Sunday.

 

 Wouldn't it be sad if our wishes for disposing of the bounty God has given us were frustrated because we didn't make a prudent estate plan? On Saturday morning, March 15, the Heritage Society is sponsoring a workshop with the Rev. Richard Schaper, Certified Financial Planner and former gift planning officer of the Diocese of California, to help us consider creative and prudent steps we might take to best accomplish our wishes for our loved ones and our church.

One of our greatest acts of stewardship toward our loved ones and our world is thoughtfully arranging, now, a tax- and fee-effective way to give away all that God has given us-- what the Book of Common Prayer declares to be a "duty" of love for those whom God has given to us. Please join us in the Parish Hall at 10 a.m. for this fascinating and surprisingly entertaining workshop, and for a delicious luncheon with Fr. Richard to follow.  Please RSVP to [email protected].

Beginning March 2, after Family Feast, All Saints will present God, Music and Fun, a music education series for children and families.  Through the media of singing, dance, rhythm activities and playing musical instruments, we will learn the stories of God's saving work in the world through the art of music.  

 

Geared toward early elementary and elementary age children and their families, monthly classes will be held immediately after Family Feast in the Parish Hall on the first Sunday of each month.  No advance sign up is necessary, just come!

 

We need your help.  One of the instruments we'll learn on is the guitar and each student will need one.  We would like to gather several loaner guitars for students who do not currently own one.  Do you have an acoustic guitar that you would be willing to donate?  Please either bring it to the Church Office or contact Steve O'Connor.  Please note, we will use only acoustic (i.e. not electric) instruments for our classes.

 

Parishioner Barbara Sawyer will be remembered at a service at All Saints next Saturday, March 1 at 11 a.m.  You can read Barbara's obituary on our website.

February 19 - Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday Class

All Saints-by-the-Sea
83 Eucalyptus Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

www.allsaintsbythesea.org

805-969-4771